Society of the Snow First film of the year watched in Society of the Snow which has just launched on Netflix. It's a Spanish subtitled film telling the true story of the Uruguayan 1972 Andes flight disaster. It's an incredibly bleak film to the point where it is verging on horror as you see the len...

I started Invisible Inc as I was wanting a turn based tactics game. There's a lot I like about it in that it's a unique spin on the genre with you playing as spys infiltrating various places and there isn't combat to speak of unlike other games in the genre. You're mostly hiding and hacking and knoc...

Been playing some of The Crew lately I've been really enjoying The Crew Motorsport which came out last year. It's very different in tone to the first game and has no story to speak of which are both positives in my book. It's very much going for that Forza Horizon festival feel but I think I slight...

Trying to catch up on some shows from 2023 and started Pokerface and it has been excellent. If you haven't heard of it, it's a show written by Rian Johnson of Knives Out and Glass Onion fame. Like those films, it is a murder mystery show except that you see at the start of the episode who has done t...

Last year wasn't a great one for me. I got a new job and moved to a new country, and while my living situation is fine (though a little isolating), I really don't like the job I'm doing and especially the company I work for. To add more to this, my mum died a few months into the job, which meant I ...

I totally unexpectedly got a PS5 for Christmas with Spiderman 2 and EAFC 24. I've not made a proper start on Spidey yet (although the kids have finished it!) but been replaying 2018's God Of War. I forgot how satisfying and weighty the combat was in that game. That axe lands with a heft that you do...

Jan 4th - Shadow of the Tomb Raider (PS5) As I said in the BPP Discord to you, I had the game breaking bug near the end. But I would agree with you that despite that bug, this was my favourite of the reboot series. It did feel like it was the one most like the original games. I thought some of the ...

1. Super Mario Wonder Simply put, one of the best 2D platformers I've ever played and definitely my favourite 2D Mario game. From start to finish every level was a delight to play. The wonder seeds add some great spice to levels and the new abilities were mostly great (there was only really the bub...

I've updated mine with Super Mario Wonder after playing it over Christmas, stuck it in at 3

I usually pick up games a while after they're released, so I haven't actually finished any 2023 games yet. I am playing Final Fantasy XVI and Super Mario Bros Wonder at the moment though. 2023 was a very slow year for me anyway, i only finished 19 games, compared to my 25-35 norm, and that included...

Round 1: General Gaming 1. Simon 2. 3. Capcom 4. Ken 5. 6. 7. 8. ON 9. 10. Pineapple On Pizza Round 2: The Old Days Were The Best Days 1. What is the name of the egg who starred in his own line of platform adventure games, published by Codemasters in the 80s and 90s. 2. Yamaha 3. 4. Atari 5. 6. Eli...

Oppenheimer If I’m honest it didn’t really click with me, not by any stretch saying it’s bad as it’s definitely more me than the film but I just found it hard to keep up with over its mammoth running time. It was worth it for the Trident Test explosion scene though. I think it was perhaps just a bi...

I should be getting Super Mario Wonder for Christmas which I suspect will break into my top 10, but right now my top 10 would be as follows: 9 Pikmin 4 8 Hi Fi Rush 7 The Crew Motorfest 6 F1 23 5 Cocoon 4 Spider-Man 2 3 Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom 3 Super Mario Wonder 2 Dead Space 1 Residen...

Over the weekend I watched the final 2 David Fincher movies I hadn't seen in Zodiac and Panic Room. Both were brilliant. Zodiac in particular just cemented to me that Fincher is at his best when doing crime/murder mystery. What with Zodiac, Seven, Gone Girl, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Mindh...

Indiana747 wrote: ↑December 18th, 2023, 2:12 am (Dec) Cocoon - Series X.

What did you think of Cocoon?

seansthomas wrote: ↑December 17th, 2023, 8:43 am
Dec 16th - Ghostrunner 2 (PS5)

Would you reccomend jumping straight to this or playing the first game first?

JaySevenZero wrote: ↑December 13th, 2023, 3:26 pm I'm a big admirer of Alex Garland's work from his novels to his his film and TV work (Dredd, Ex Machina, Men and Devs), needless to say I'll be checking this film out next year.

I didn't know he wrote novels, any you would recommend?

Isn't it funny how you can get back into games? Earlier this year I put about 40 hours into Tears of the Kingdom and was a little cool on it. I was enjoying it to some extent but was having a few problems with it too so that when the next game came along I was interested in I went to play that inste...

Pikmin 4 I’m glad I played it, I found it very moreish as it has a nice gameplay loop but I think I’ve had my fill with it after 17 hours. I’m not really tempted to go back to the previous games and not even sure I’d play another, but it’s certainly unique as I would say it’s quite different to eve...

Super Mario RPG I was quite enjoying this at first but grew less fond of it the further I got into the game. It's full of charm and I loved the new art style but by the end I just felt like I was on autopilot in the battles, other than in the bosses which require some more thought. I have had a sim...